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Folk, maar nu eens heel anders. Piepoli onderzoekt de Portugese Fado maar combineert het met  de arbëreshë (Italiaans - Albanees) cultuur, tarantella en nog meer Mediterrane invloeden. Mooie zang en gebruik van snaarinstrumenten. Alles klopt, een lust voor het oor.

Maresia (meaning ‘Sea Foam’ in Portuguese, the kind that vaporizes when the wind hits the crest of a wave) is a visionary and poetical offering from Bari singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Fabrizio Piepoli. It comprises a Mediterranean narrative symbolised by three stringed instruments: the southern Italian chitarra battente, the Arab oud and the Turkish saz. Piepoli’s captivating voice flows, weaving this Meridian encounter into a melismatic style, exploring his outstanding vocal range.

The opening title-track is what he calls ‘tarabtella’, an energetic and ecstatic conglomeration of Arabic tarab and Salento pizzica. It is followed by the intimate ‘Melagranada Ruja’, for voice and oud, by the late Sardinian singer-songwriter Marisa Sannia and ‘Ave Maria Fadista’ made famous by Amália Rodrigues. A poignant melodic bridge is built between the lyricism of Gargano tarantella and fado on ‘Stella d’ori’. A poignant lullaby, ‘Ninna Nanna di Carpino’ is another tribute to Gargano folk tradition where Piepoli explores the nuances of his voice and identity. 

‘Sair’ is also a gem – an instrumental, a shifting path progressing from a Middle Eastern pattern into a tarantella. On the Calabrian ‘Occhi de Monachella’ the battente guitar meets the oud and saz. Elsewhere, ‘Qifti’ and ‘L’America’ deal with migration experiences, the former an Arbëreshë story of two young people in love, the latter a painful song widespread around Italy. Another original piece, ‘Tetuán’, ends the album, a homage to Sephardic and the Arab-Andalusian musical traditions, epitomising historical cultural interlacing between peoples across the Mediterranean.

Tracks:
01 - Maresia
02 - Melagranada ruja
03 - Ave Maria fadista
04 - Stella d'ori
05 - Ninna nanna di Carpino
06 - Sair
07 - Occhi de monachella
08 - Qifti
09 - L'America
10 - Tetuán

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B88wQvfdUdE